Word: cj
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...CJ A uniform period of overseas duty in the Far Eastern stations for servicemen of all arms. "As it is now, those branches of the service have different periods of service, and that causes a morale and personnel problem that is serious." <| Consideration of stepped-up use of surplus U.S. agricultural commodities to aid the rehabilitation of the Republic of Korea...
...CJ The University of Southern California went on the air last November over UHF station KTHE (cost: $175,000; annual operating budget: $250,000), supported by funds from Oil Tycoon Allan Hancock, former USC board chairman. But with Hancock's abrupt resignation, KTHE may now have to continue on a "restricted-time basis." Surest sign of progress to date: the number of UHF sets in the Los Angeles area has jumped from...
...CJ Michigan State College began operations last January with its UHF station WKAR-TV (initial cost: $400,000; annual budget: $175,000), located on the campus at East Lansing, and now claims an audience of 25,000. It broadcasts liberal-arts telecourses, sports events, a popular family farm program...
...CJ The University of Wisconsin has been broadcasting only two hours a
day for the past two months over experimental WHA-TV (initial cost:
$175,000). In November, Wisconsin voters will be asked in a referendum:
"Shall the state . . . provide a tax-supported, noncommercial
educational-television network?" WHA-TV has been working hard to make
the answer yes. Its bill of fare: a bedtime-story series for children,
language lessons, courses in geology, art appreciation, civics.
...CJ The DuMont and ABC television networks, which carried the McCarthy-Army hearings live through 36 days and 186½ hours of testimony, figured out what the public service cost them. ABC paid about $500,000 out of pocket to feed the hearings to as many as 71 outlets, estimated that it would have cost an advertiser $2,700,000 to sponsor the entire telecast of the hearings. The smaller (ten stations) DuMont network used $700,000 worth of air time to carry the hearings, would not say how much the telecasts actually cost...